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Trick for Cleaning Ink off Library Tables! (as posted on LM_Net)
If a student writes on your sealed wooden tables (or chairs or pencil machines or computer desks.) in pen, removing it is easy. Just make a paste out of baking soda and water and apply to the ink. It comes off quickly and without smearing. Then you just wipe the paste off with a wet paper towel.

Creative Commons
Have you investigated the Creative Commons images in Flickr.com? This image from [|**austinevan's photostream**] is available for use with attribution. See other images by exploring [].

Dewey WORDLE Posters
Take a look at the Dewey heading posters posted on LM_Net by Sue Bailey at Valdosta State University. What a great idea for using this popular Web 2.0 tool! http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/Dewey+Decimal+System

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools

 * http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/** is an extensive list of cool Web 2.0 tools for use in schools. They are organized into eighteen categories, like slideshow, widgets, and creativity. Check it out!

//Monday Morning Minute//
Jane Anderegg at Cherokee High School shared an idea from her sister, a media specialist in Michigan. It is a 21st century twist on the old xeroxed faculty newsletter idea called the //Monday Morning Minute//. Why not send an email out on Monday mornings to your faculty containing a useful web site //or// something new in the media center //or// a media related announcement //or// a technology tip //or// anthing that would keep the school media center (and the services it can provide!) visible to the faculty! You could set up a reminder in your Outlook Calendar to prepare the MMM draft on Thursday and set a Delay Delivery Option for Monday morning! Sounds like a great idea!

Multi-lingual Parent Notifications
TransACT is provided to all Georgia district to provide parent communication in many languages. For example, information regarding the H1N1 virus is available in 21 languages! Be sure your school is aware of this valuable service! []

Hijack Classes for Booktalks!
One high school librarian posted on LM_Net that she hijacks classes for booktalks. She begins __each class,__ no matter why they are in there, with a couple of booktalks. Interest in reading has spiked! The titles she booktalks are instantly checked out! A middle school librarian added to the posting by saying that she crashes classrooms (with the teacher's permission) to booktalk!

BookReporter.com: Where Readers & Writers Click
One of the things you can find here are "books to movies." Coming this fall: [|**//Fantastic Mr. Fox//**]
 * Cast:** Owen Wilson, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Angelica Huston, Michael Gambon
 * Director:** Wes Anderson
 * Distributor:** Fox Searchlight Pictures
 * MPAA Rating:** Not yet rated
 * Release Date:** November 13th (wide)
 * Based on:** [|FANTASTIC MR. FOX] by Roald Dahl

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Check out great educational resources lists compiled by Kathy Schrock and hosted on the Discovery Education website. One of the lists is a long list of back to school and end of school resources. Take a look for great new ideas!

Have you heard?
James Patterson with 150 million copies of his various titles in public circulation had a son, Jack, who was a reluctant reader. James decided to write a few things himself that have become quite popular with the younger circuit i.e. Maximum Ride and Dangerous Days of Daniel X. He has a website with his recommended titles: [|www.readkiddoread.com].

Have you seen LibraryThing? What is LibraryThing anyway?
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their own books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. A free account allows you to catalog up to 200 books. A paid account allows you to catalog any number of books. Paid personal accounts cost $10 for a year or $25 for a lifetime. LibraryThing is a full-powered cataloging application, searching the Library of Congress, all five national Amazon sites, and more than 60 world libraries. You can edit your information, search and sort it, "tag" books with your own subjects, or use the Library of Congress and Dewey systems to organize your collection.

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Why books make great gifts (courtesy of LM_Net, December 12, 2008):

No assembly required No batteries needed Does not become obsolete Can be taken anywhere Does not cause carpel tunnel syndrome No small parts to lose No annoying sound effects No updates or upgrades needed Never needs ironing Easy to wrap Good for hours of entertainment Easy to store Always fits Will not cause strife atairport security User friendly Easy to share files with friends Doesn’t need extension cord Bookmarks easy to manage Great topics of conversation Never comes in the wrong color or size Doesn’t need to be servicedby a dealer Doesn’t need spare parts Easier to wrap than footballs Looks good with any décor Doesn’t need watering orfertilizing Won’t irritate your allergies Doesn’t go out of style Doesn’t get aphids or draw ants Doesn’t bark or need to bewalked in the middle of the night Won’t stretch, shrink or fade Won’t scratch the coffee table Won’t get stale Doesn’t have zippers that break Can be used over and over by many people Not empty when finished You can open this again and again

Here is a great wiki for media specialists:
===Joyce Valenza's Wiki [|http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com]===

Look for this great article in GALILEO's Academic Search Premier or in this month's LMC to find a great list of library ABC's!

[|The Library ABC's Game: Sneaking in Learning Through Gaming.] By: Maxwell, D. Jackson. //**Library**// Media Connection, Jan2007, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p34.

[] An online book exchange that might be something to look into....... Here's a great idea from the March 2007 //LMC//: Collection development and weeding are an important part of what we should be doing for the "health" of our collections, but it is often hard to find the time......however, everyone can be a **ONE WEEK WEEDER**! Once a week, take all the books off one shelf in fiction and one shelf in non-fiction. Inspect them, looking for missing barcodes, repairs, needed discards. Have a permanent display space for fiction and nonfiction and rotate the items from the weeded shelves there! This is a great way to be sure you have personally handled every book and promoted them all! Sheryl Kindle Fullner Nooksack Valley Middle School, Everson, WA []

READING IS DELICIOUS! Try a cake decorating contest that celebrates reading. Invite families or classes to bake and decorate a cake based on a children's book. Plan other activities around food-centered books like //Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs// or //Stone Soup.// There is a wonderful article in the February 2007 issue of __Teacher Librarian__, "You Can Have your Cake Contest - and Eat It, too!"

Here are a few new ideas you might consider!

 * Offer a "collaboration grant" to a teacher using money from your budget to purchase resources for the unit on which you collaborated!
 * Literary Tastes: A Book Breakfast
 * Tech Tuesday - have teachers drop by and share with them a quick "tech tip"
 * Web Wednesday - email a quick newsletter with a great website to share or maybe a professional article from GALILEO
 * From Doug Johnson - Be on the lookout for HPLUKs! Have a digital camera handy and capture Happy, Productive Library-Using Kids in action!

Explore Activity Packs from PBS. It is a set of educational resources (in 5 categories) focused on a theme and packaged in a widget-format that you can embed in your own class or social media web page. Each pack includes links to PBS web sites and a set of activities by grade level. There are two available for Reading and Language Arts: Great American Authors and Shakespeare & the Rennaisance. []

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